Blind man wearing opaque eyeglasses, one-sixth plate daguerreotype |
Street sign in Madrid, named for Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645), Spanish
writer of the baroque, wearing leather-framed glasses, photo by Thomas
Finkelstein |
Anonymous, Portrait of Pope Leo X with his Nephews, Cardinals Gului
De’Medici and Luigi De’Rossi, 19th century, VanLathem Collection.
Provenance the Collection of Duchesse De Berry (1798-1870). Copy of the
original by Raphael, 1518, at the Uffizi Gallery, Florence |
Francisco de Quevedo painting, copy of a lost work by Velazquez, in
Madrid, described in a 19th century book about the painter’s life, from
the Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Texas, image supplied
by the Senior Curator, also seen on Wikipedia |
Mary Young Pickersgill (1776-1857), Pickersgill Retirement Community, on
view at the Smithsonian Institution. She was the flag maker of the Star
Spangled Banner Flag hoisted over Fort McHenry during the Battle of
Baltimore in the War of 1812 |
